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Scientists have pieced together the first-ever global topographic map of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, using radar observations from veteran NASA spacecraft.
The new map of Titan was stitched together from radar observations of the moon by NASA's Cassini spacecraft. It reveals an unprecedented look at Titan's surface and should help scientists learn ...
Cassini arrived in orbit around the ringed planet in July 2004, and has since made 78 flybys of Titan, the planet's largest moon. Currently, 48 more flybys are planned from now until the year 2017.
The researchers say they likely formed early in Titan’s history, as the moon cooled and contracted—producing wrinkle-like structures on the world’s outer skin. A geologic map of Titan.
Scientists have pieced together the first-ever global topographic map of Titan, Saturn's largest moon, using radar observations from veteran NASA spacecraft. The new map of Titan was stitched ...
Planetary scientists have created a geologic map of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan.; Covered in rivers and lakes filled with liquid methane, mountains, flat plains and sandy dunes, the moon has a ...
And the new map is showing off the moon’s oddities in detail. About two-thirds of Titan, which is roughly the same size as the planet Mercury, is covered in flat planes, mostly near its equator.
Using the now-complete Cassini data set, Cornell University astronomers have created a new global topographic map of Saturn's moon Titan that has opened new windows into understanding its liquid ...
The first global geologic map of Titan is based on radar and visible-light images from NASA’s Cassini mission, which orbited Saturn from 2004 to 2017. Labels point to several of the named ...
NASA recently unveiled a new mission to fly to Saturn's moon, Titan, which could potentially host extraterrestrial life. But before it gets there, the space agency has mapped out the celestial ...
The first full geological map of Saturn's moon, Titan. NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU. Titan is kind of like a bizarro-Earth, which raises some tantalizing prospects: Could it harbor life?
NASA's Cassini probe has flown by Titan nearly 100 times since it arrived at Saturn in 2004. As the spacecraft swings past the hazy moon, it uses a radar imager to pierce through the clouds. These ...